Starting with AutoCAD 2008, you now have direct access to the Layer States Manager, without opening the LAYER dialog first. In AutoCAD 2008, click the button on the far right of the LAYERS toolbar. In AutoCAD 2009, click the ribbon…
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“What is the difference between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT?” Autodesk provides a comparison matrix that highlights some of the differences. (That particular document compares the 2008 versions). But there really doesn’t seem to be a comprehensive comparison of what the…
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New to 2009 is the default icon mode for the drawing tool buttons. You know what these are, the SNAP GRID ORTHO POLAR OSNAP, etc. buttons down in the status bar. They take up less room as icons, but you…
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Workspace switching has been made easier in AutoCAD 2009 by a new tool in the status bar that mimics the functionality in the current Workspaces toolbar. See the animation below. This tool is visible by default no matter what workspace…
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One of the problems that has plagued AutoCAD 2008 and it’s verticals has been the bloated scale list. Scale list entries are propagated from drawing to drawing similar to the way named layer filters did back in AutoCAD 2002. You…
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Starting in AutoCAD 2006, you can specify a highlight color and opacity to your selection areas as illustrated by the green area shown in the example below. Below is a description of these options and how to change them. If…
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If you work with images in your drawings, you have probably wished you could embed (or bind) an image instead of it being referenced like an xref. There are some workarounds such as: Insert the image as an OLE object…
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Here is a quick guide on setting up a layout (or paper space) for plotting in AutoCAD 2000 and later. We are using AutoCAD 2008 for these steps, and most of these steps should apply (except for the viewport locking)…
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This bit of lisp code will toggle the background color from white to black to white in whatever space you are in. (no effect on the block editor though…) (vl-load-com) (defun c:TBC (/ pref col tm) (setq tm (getvar “tilemode”))…
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This is one of the new commands in AutoCAD 2008 that is sort of overlooked, but can save you a lot of time. If you use xrefs, then how many times have you had a problem with the parent drawing…
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